Reflections on dawah, Islamic education, and community building.https://alicamarata.com/https://alicamarata.com/blog/conneaut-masjid-launch/https://alicamarata.com/blog/conneaut-masjid-launch/Today marks a historic milestone as we launch ConneautMasjid.org and begin our fundraising campaign to establish the first Islamic center in Ashtabula County, Ohio.Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alicamarata.com/blog/ussunnah-website-deployment/https://alicamarata.com/blog/ussunnah-website-deployment/Today we launched ussunnah.org for the us-Sunnah Foundation, celebrating over a decade of providing comprehensive aid to thousands of orphans and Rohingya refugees in Indonesia since 2014.Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alicamarata.com/blog/founding-us-sunnah-foundation/https://alicamarata.com/blog/founding-us-sunnah-foundation/The establishment of us-Sunnah Foundation as a 501(c)(3) in the United States and Yayasan us-Sunnah in Indonesia, with our mission to help thousands of orphans through sustainable Waqf initiatives.Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alicamarata.com/blog/beginning-dawah-edialogue/https://alicamarata.com/blog/beginning-dawah-edialogue/Reflecting on the start of my digital dawah work, teaching da'iys, and managing Islamic content for online platforms focused on interfaith dialogue and Islamic outreach.Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT